The free-agency tampering period was 10 minutes old when Trent Brown’s phone rang on Monday morning.

It was the offensive tackle’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus.

“Drew just called me and was like, ‘Bro, we got an irrefutable offer and it’s going to make you the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history,’” Brown said Wednesday night at his introductory press conference.

Rosenhaus wasn’t done.

“‘You have a great opportunity to go and play with a great coach, a great coaching staff, a great organization with a lot of history,’” he told Brown. “‘Then in a year, you’ll be a part of the first team to ever play in (Las) Vegas.’ I couldn’t turn that offer down.”

Later that night, the 6-foot-8, 380-pound Brown broke down and cried.

“Just being a seventh-rounder,” he said, “and being able to say or anybody being able to say that I was the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history is a true...